[mapserver-users] From MS 5.6 SYMBOL into 6.0 STYLE

[Jeff McKenna]

On 11-04-27 12:51 PM, Rahkonen Jukka wrote:
> Hi,
>
> My old OpenStreetMap mapfile does not work any more after update. I read that some SYMBOL stuff has been moved into STYLE. Could somebody tell how should I convert the following symbols which were used for styling railways into STYLE things giving the same appearence?
>
> SYMBOL
>      NAME "rail"
>      TYPE TRUETYPE
>      FONT sc
>      CHARACTER '|'
>      GAP -3
> END
> SYMBOL
>      NAME "railfar"
>      TYPE SIMPLE
>      PATTERN 5 5 END
> END
>

Just to add to what Christy mentioned, here is a snippet of my OSM 
mapfile for MapServer 6.0:

#################
# Inline Symbols
#################

SYMBOL
     NAME "rail"
     TYPE TRUETYPE
     FONT sc
     CHARACTER '|'
END
SYMBOL
     NAME "railfar"
     TYPE SIMPLE
END

...

LAYER
   ...
   CLASS
     ...
     STYLE
       SYMBOL rail
       SIZE 5
       COLOR "#555554"
       GAP -3
     END
   END
END


LAYER
   ...
   CLASS
     ...
     STYLE
       SYMBOL railfar
       WIDTH 2
       COLOR "#ffffff"
       PATTERN 5 5 END
     END
   END
END

Hope that helps.

-jeff


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